hemisternotomy

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ sternotomy

Noun

hemisternotomy (plural hemisternotomies)

  1. (surgery) An incision into the left or right half of the sternum
    • 2016 February 4, “A New Animal Model for Investigation of Mechanical Unloading in Hypertrophic and Failing Hearts: Combination of Transverse Aortic Constriction and Heterotopic Heart Transplantation”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Then a 1.5 cm median hemisternotomy was performed, the sternum halves were kept apart with 4–0 Vicryl sutures ® (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) which were later-on used to close the sternum.
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